Inward Renewal

Our vehicle is being repaired once again, so I found myself using public transport again.  I took a bus called the “Jesus Rhythm” for one leg of the journey and a taxi for the other.  For the taxi, my driver was a young man from John Laing compound by the name of Richard.  After negotiating a fare for the journey, Richard and i began talking about life.  Over the next 15 minutes he shared the difficulties of the life he was leading: about the troubles in his marriage and the concerns that he had for his kids.

With meager earnings from his taxi, he confessed that he was hungry most of the time and his wife and left him because he wasn’t a bread-winner.  After listening, I shared with him the hope of the Gospel and the fundamentals of what it means to be a child of God.  Before dropping me off he took my copy of the Gospel of John in Cibemba vernacular and committed to reading it by the end of the day.  I told him that I didn’t have the resources to fix the things in his life that were broken but I did commit to pray for him.  I have no idea whether I’ll ever see Richard again or if he read the Book of John but perhaps if we pray for him, God will transform his life.